Dear Families,

What a lovely week to introduce our Growing Things: Plants topic! Such lovely weather, ideal to potter around in our Woodland Area and see the growth that has gone on in there! It is now a beautiful area, full of growth! We have begun to look at the life-cycle of a plant.  It was great to hear that many children are beginning to make links between their prior learning about the life-cycle of a butterfly. This week we did lots of planting and practised how to do a recount of what we did using the words "first, next, after that, then and finally". We will continue our Plants topic next week and will be looking at what all plants need to grow. 

Any unwanted plants and plant pots would be much appreciated! Also, don't forget photos of your favourite green spaces!

Wishing you all a lovely weekend, sunny weekend!

Best wishes from the Nursery Team

Describing a simple route and map-making

We went on a journey from the Nursery, all the way around the Key Stage 2 playground and back again.  This encouraged lots of discussions about routes we could take and lots of directional language.  Some children even began to use "left" and "right" correctly! Please practise describing a route with your child on all our journeys. You could also include those words "first, next, after that, then and finally".

Planting!

This week, we planted beans and can't wait to see them grow! We used those words "first, next, after that, then and finally" to explain how we did this.  Ask your child to explain it to you using these words.

We're looking forward to more planting next week!

The Kindness Awards!

This week, we say congratulations go to Aras and Shanayah-Marie! Aras showed lovely kindness to many children in the Nursery by sharing the very popular bridge on the climbing equipment, giving them turn to go across. Shanayah-Marie has shown a lovely quiet kindness towards her friend, Kiarna, sharing toys with her and taking turns. Well-done!

We will be learning this lovely song for the next 3 weeks! Some of us know it from last year but have forgotten some of the words, some of us are learning the words for the first time!

We have been recapping out 3D shapes this week. Can you practise at home?

Describing simple routes

As you can see from the above photos, We went on a journey around the school. We have also been looking at maps and using Google Instant Street view to "walk" around our neighbourhoods. We are practising to describe a simple route or journey and we've been having a go at map-making.

Plant some seeds and look after them!

See below for some ideas.